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Large Family $336 Two Week ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul | Life Is Currently CRAZY Edition ???

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Large Family Grocery Shopping

BUT FIRST about the “Life Is Currently CRAZY Edition.”

I shared last week that life has just been a little wild and crazy these last few weeks. I thought I was getting way ahead in some aspects like I finally got the Large Family Table Shop open with lots of fun freebies to celebrate. But besides that my husband’s college schedule has been put into overdrive with his graduation happening in just a few weeks. I’ve had issues on the back end of this blog (as in I couldn’t get logged in for several days). Then my (affiliate link)  new Go Pro Hero 5 has given me some issues with transferring photo files onto my Mac which has slowed down my editing and uploading efforts.

From Instagram, “It’s easy to tell where Naomi and I had dinner tonight. We’re on a fun overnight girl trip for a not too far from home speaking event. We’ve made a day of our travels and hit hobby lobby, Kohls, and taking a bag bigger than us full of leftovers for the hotel tonight from OG. Tomorrow I’ll share encouragement with other #workinghomeschoolmoms, and then we’ll head back to our wilderness.”

I had an out-of-state speaking trip that I took our 10-year old daughter on with me last weekend. It was lots of fun and had adventures of its own (like my bank canceling my business bank card and issuing me a new one, which I didn’t know about until Naomi and I were already on the road, sigh). However, Naomi and I had a great girl trip full of painted fingernails, bracelet making, and more. 

This week the family and I are working on spring cleaning projects (get the free large family spring cleaning pack here). I’m also tackling turning my walk-in-closet into my home office because my pregnancy hormones have decided now is the time. Totally sensible. Once the office project is done we can chill for a brief moment.

Next, we’re flipping around and leaving on another speaking trip to the Teach Them Diligently conference at the Kalahari Resort (let me know if you’ll be there!). All that to say, those are just a few of the current dynamics of my whole, “Life Is Currently CRAZY Edition ???” title within this grocery haul.

This haul is actually from March 19, 2017, before things started to explode. Most of these haul items are gone as of this publishing date.  My husband and oldest son went last evening and did an updated enormous two-week grocery haul at Walmart for me. I have no pictures, break down, and honestly not a tight meal plan with that grocery haul. But, teamwork makes the dream work, since we have a lot of life going on right now! 

Now, don’t think I’m complaining. I am not, promise. I’m just real that I’m juggling some extra, extra, overflowing life right now and that explains a slow down in videos, etc. I’m keeping my mind and heart focused on what matters most and taking breaks to play in the forest sunshine and eat ice cream on the front porch, too. 

Two Week ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul

Fruits/Veggies

  • Oranges $3.99 x 4/3-lb bags
  • Pears $2.99 x 3bags
  • Green Apples $2.99 x 2 bags
  • Red Apples $2.99 x 2 bags
  • Potatos $3.49 x 2/10 lb bags
  • Carrots $0.59 x 4/2 lb bags
  • Corn $0.49 x 12/cans
  • Mushrooms $0.99 x 2
  • Mixed Vegetable $0.49 x 12/cans
  • Celery $1.29 x 2
  • Cabbage $0.69 x 1
  • Lettuce $1.49 x 2
  • Sweet Peppers $2.99 x 2
  • Green Peppers $2.99 x 2

 

 

Dairy/Refrigerator Items

  • Strawberry Banana Yogurt $0.33 x 60
  • Blueberry Yogurt $0.33 x 12
  • Peach Yogurt $0.33 x 12
  • Cottage Cheese $2.29 x 4
  • Shredded Cheese $5.89 x 3
  • Skim Milk $2.08 x 6
  • Coffee Creamer $2.19 x 1
  • Eggs $0.46 x 13

 

Large Family Pantry Items

Cereal, Snacks, Etc

  • Pretzel Sticks $1.29 x 2
  • Mixed Nuts $3.99 x 2
  • Animal Crackers $1.49 x 2
  • Cheese Crackers $1.59 x 2
  • Banana Chips $2.19 x 2
  • Vanilla Wafers $1.29 x 2
  • Saltine Crackers $0.75 x 2
    Raisin Bran $1.79 x 2
  • Corn Flakes $1.49 x 2
  • Cocoa Rice Cereal $1.39 x 2
  • Fruit Rounds $1.19 x 2
  • Crispy Oats $1.19 x 2
  • Cinna Crunch Cereal $1.29 x 2
  • Macaroni & Cheese $0.33 x 23 boxes
  • Pizza $5.99 x 3 large pizzas
  • Taco Shells $0.89 x 12
  • Spaghetti Noodles $1.45 x 6
  • Parmesan Cheese $2.29 x 2
  • Spaghetti Meat Sauce $0.99 x 12
  • 100% Ground Coffee $4.69 x 1
  • Stevia  $3.89 x 1 bag
  • Bouillon Cubes $1.39 x 2
  • Chili Powder $1.19 x 1
  • Onion Powder $1.19 x 2
  • Garlic Powder $1.19 x 2
  • White Bread $0.99 x 15 loaves
  • Pickles $1.69 x 1
  • Kosher Pickles $1.69 x 2
  • Peanuts $1.99 x 2
  • Italian Dressing $1.29 x 2
  • Dried Cranberries $1.59 x 2
  • Applesauce $1.89 x 12
  • Prunes $3.89 x 1
  • Raisins $2.89 x 1

I usually list all of our meals and snack plans for 2+ weeks. You can look through my past large family meal plans. I’m not reinventing the wheel right now. Just keeping things as simple as possible. All the recipes I mention in the video can be found here under large family recipes. 

I also mention in today’s video that you can currently get The Beautiful Household Management Binder Kit for FREE ($12.99 value). Pick that up here! 

 

Watch the full Large Family $336 Two Week ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul | Life Is Currently CRAZY Edition here!

$3.51 Daily Per Person ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul | Hormonal, Exhausted, Pregnant Lady Edition!

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 $3.51 Daily Per Person ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul | Hormonal, Exhausted, Pregnant Lady Edition!

I filmed this ALDI grocery haul a little differently this go round. I was too tired to shoot at the dining room table like I normally do the night we got home. I filmed the following night in more of a Refrigerator, Freezer, and Pantry Tour style. I explain why in today’s new ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul Video, hat tip to the “Hormonal, Exhausted, Pregnant Lady Edition” wording. 😉

$3.51 Daily Per Person Aldi Grocery Shopping Haul | Hormonal, Exhausted, Pregnant Lady Edition!

In today’s new Aldi grocery shopping haul for our large family, I spent $443 for two weeks. This includes 42+ full meals for our family of nine including teenagers down to toddlers, my husband, and my pregnant self. 🙂 This also includes about 30 snacks for nine over the next two week period. 

Additionally, I will push this grocery haul a few extra days past the planned out 14-days and eat down our pantry and freezers before the next shopping trip. The $443 divided by our family of nine who actually eat, breaks down to $24.61 per family member per week, just $3.51 per person per day.

This haul does include some sanity/convenience items such as bagels and cold cereal that I don’t always get but need for ease during this exhausted pregnant mom season. I also picked up over 40 lbs of bananas, 20 lbs of carrots, 24 lbs of oranges, 12 lbs of apples, and more.

Below you’ll find the full item-by-item cost breakdown and my entire large family meal plan for the next two weeks. 

ALDI Grocery Shopping Haul Cost Breakdown

Fruits & Vegetables 

Bananas $0.40/lb x 40lbs

Apples $2.99 x 3 3-lb bags

Oranges $3.49 x 6 4-lb bags

Pears $2.99 x 3 3-lb bags

Strawberries $2.49 x 4 1-lb packs

Kiwi $3.49 x 1 pack (with about 8 Kiwis included)

Broccoli $1.49 x 10 packs

Brussel Sprouts $0.99 x 5 bags

Frozen Sweet Peas $0.95 x 6 bags

Carrots $0.59 x 10 2-lb bags

Lettuce $1.29 x 3 heads

Green Peppers $0.89 x 2 2-packs

Red Patatoes $2.49 x 2 5-lb bags

Pantry Items 

Whole Kernel Corn $0.49 x 12 cans

Pickles $1.69 x 2 jars

Plain Bagels $1.59 x 7 bags

Cinnamon Bagels $1.59 x 5 bags

Deli Rolls $1.49 x 5 bags

Hamburger Buns $0.85 x 5 packs

Wheat Bread $0.99 x 20

Fajitas $1.69 x 3 packs

Donuts $1.59 x 4 small boxes (the kid’s treat for when I got home from shopping 🙂

Crispy Oats Cereal $1.19 x 2 boxes

Frosted Flakes Cereal $1.29 x 2boxes

Corn Flakes Cereal $1.49 x 2 boxes

Raisin Bran Cereal $1.79 x 2 boxes

Crisp Rice $1.39 x 2 boxes

Creamy Peanut Butter $2.99 x 4 jars

Grape Jelly $1.39 x 4 jars

Spice $1.19 x 1 (Not sure which spice this is at the moment, lol!)

Garlic Salt $1.19 x 1

Table Salt $0.49 x 1

Black Pepper $2.99 x 1

Garlic Powder $1.19 x 1

Chili Powder $1.19 x 1

Onion Powder $1.19 x 1

Spaghettie & Mushroom Sauce $1.19 x 15 jars

32oz Beef Broth $1.39 x 4 boxes

32oz Chicken Broth $1.39 x 4 boxes

Soup Mix $0.79 x 2 packs

Taco Shells $10.68 x 12 boxes

Spaghetti $1.45 x 5 2-lb boxes

Macaroni & Cheese $0.33 x 24 boxes 

Olive Oil Spray $1.49 x 2 cans

Applesauce $1.89 x 12 jars

Banana Chips $2.19 x 1 bag

Fruit Medley/Pineapple $1.59 x 1 bag

Dried Cranberries $1.59 x 1 bag

Mayonnaise $1.89 x 1 jar

Meat for the Freezer

Half Pork Loin $9.28 x 1 ($1.69/lb)

Chuck Roast $6.37 x 2 

Ground Beef $10.21 x 2 5-lb packs

Chicken Breasts $7.15 x 2 ($1.49/lb)

Refrigerator Items/Dairy

Italian Coffee Creamer $2.19 x 1

Coconut Coffee Creamer $2.19 x 1

Skim Milk $2.05 x 10 gallons

Almond Milk $1.99 x 3 

Butter $2.29 x 5

Sour Cream $1.19 x 6

Large Eggs $0.46 x 15 dozen

Cottage Cheese $2.29 x 4

Shredded Cheese $5.89 x 2 3-lb bags

Deli Sliced Provolone Cheese $1.99 x 4 packs

Big Family Meal Plan for Two Weeks

Breakfasts

Fruit/Smoothies

Eggs in a variety of ways (Fried/Scrambled/Hard Boiled)

Bagels with cream cheese or peanut butter

Cereal (hat tip to sanity saving)

Lunches

Dinner leftovers as available

Tuna Salad Sandwiches/Fruit (I still have about 12-cans of tuna in the pantry from a previous haul)

Egg Salad Sandwiches/Fruit

Freezer Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches/Fruit

Fruit/Veggie Plates We love to set out all the available fruits, veggies, cottage cheese, etc. and make individual lunch plates full of everyone’s favorites. To do this though we need to have a lunch time at home without having to run out for errands. 

Dinners

All dinners will be served with lots of fresh veggies. I also plan on doing roasted red potatoes like how I did here. As I mentioned above, I’ll do some pantry challenge-type meals before I do our next big grocery haul. Also, several of these dinners below will carry enough leftover for lunch and/or dinner the following day. 

Large Stock Pot of Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup (I don’t have a video of this yet, but you can see my Homemade Chicken Soup Using Kitchen Leftovers here.)

Tacos x2 I plan to make Tacos on Tuesdays. We’ll have enough leftovers to have tacos again on Wednesday. No, we don’t get sick of tacos 🙂

Philly Cheese Steaks in the Slow Cooker

Cheeseburger Sliders (similar to Cheeseburger foil packets, I’m going to bake a pan of cheeseburgers – video coming!)

Slow Cooker Chicken Alfredo and Broccoli (my family has continued to request this)

Meatloaf in the Slow Cooker with Peas (I love making one for dinner and throwing a 2nd one in the freezer for another week.) 

Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Brussel Sprouts or Peas (I’ll most likely do this with a bottle of Italian dressing like I do for Italian Slow Cooker Chicken.)  

Weekend Chili and Cornbread

Weekend Spaghetti & Meatballs 

And momma’s let be real if this is what dinner looks like one night, more power to you! 

As I shared on Instagram a few days ago, “#DinnertimeConfessions ?remember my large @aldiusa grocery haul I shared earlier today? I shopped that in real time last evening. Today we spent a wonderful day with one of our best friend families running through their fields and enjoying therapeutic mom chatter ? (thanks, Jo!). Sure, I could’ve thrown something in the slow cooker on low before we left. But that’s not always real life.? So on our way home this evening about 5 PM or so, I pulled out my #MomSanityCard. It’s a thing, you know. And there’s no shame in the keeping mom sane game.? Little Caesars $5/large pepperoni pizza deal for the win!“

Snacks

Carrot Stick Storage for Large Family Snacks

*Carrot Sticks (You can read here how we’ll process our 20 lbs of carrot sticks to have quickly available for snacks, plus how I keep everyone’s hands out of the water 🙂 )
*Raw Broccoli
*Pepper Slices 
*Oranges
*Bananas 
*Apples with Peanut Butter
*Pears
*Smoothies
*Cottage Cheese
*Hard Boiled Eggs
*Homemade Yogurt
*Banana and/or Pumpkin Bread
You can read more large family snack ideas here.

$3.51 Daily Per Person Aldi Grocery Shopping Haul | Hormonal, Exhausted, Pregnant Lady Edition!

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Two Week BIG FAMILY of 9+ Grocery Shopping Haul & Meal Plan (Only $3.17 per person per day!)

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Big Family Grocery Shopping

Two Week BIG FAMILY of 9+ Grocery Shopping Haul & Meal Plan (Only $3.17 per person per day!)

My son Zion and I hit the stores one morning for a two-week grocery shopping haul for our big and bustling family. You can watch our actual shopping time here in Mom’s Day Out Large Family Shopping at Aldi, Dollar Store, and Walmart. 

At Aldi, I spent $366, plus in a separate transaction, I received a $10.22 refund for chicken I was double-charged for in my last large family grocery haul. I got 98% of everything we needed at Aldi, which is becoming more and more of my norm. I wasn’t finding the meat I wanted at Aldi this week, and I needed a few items for an upcoming birthday at Walmart. So I spent another $34 at Walmart on ice cream and candy for the kids (a junkie treat 🙂 ) and two meat packages. Walmart still didn’t have what I was looking for either. It was just an off shopping trip meat wise, I guess. 

Large Family Grocery Budget

Large Family Grocery Budget

If you’re interested, you can read my Large Family Grocery Budget from 2015. In this post, I shopped mainly at Costco, plus a local discount grocery store and Walmart. The budget amount hasn’t increased, if anything it has decreased a few hundred dollars most months shopping mainly at Aldi after we moved. I now come in more consistently around $800 a month for our big family budget. $800 is the norm now vs. the steady $1,000 it was so any savings here or there is always appreciated. I need to do an updated post that shares more about what I’ve learned shopping at Aldi this past year. Hopefully, we can get to that soon. 🙂

How to Stick to a Cash-Based Grocery Budget

You also might find How to Stick to a Cash-Based Grocery Budget helpful. 

Big Family Grocery Shopping Haul 

This two-week grocery shopping haul comes in at around $391 ($366 at Aldi – refund of $10.22 + $35 at Walmart)  for our family of nine. Including my big and tall husband, two teen boys, my pregnant self, and five busy and bouncing kiddos ages 10, 7, 6, 4, and two who EAT! We’re also home full-time homeschooling and running a home business (my blogging/YouTube and online efforts you can read more here in How I Support My Family of Nine Online). This means we don’t have any away from home school breakfast or lunches to factor in our meal plan. My husband is finishing up his last semester of college, but I pack his lunch most days (hello leftovers!). This breaks down to $3.17 per day for each family member. Considering there are some days even the two-year-old will eat four eggs for breakfast I think it’s pretty good overall. 

Fruits and Veggies

Blackberries $1.29 x 12 packs

Oranges $3.49/4 lb bag x 6 bags

Frozen Strawberries $2.09/bag  x 3

Frozen Peaches $2.09/bag  x 2

Bananas $0.44/lb x 46.27lbs

Apples $3.49/3 lb bag x 4

Kiwi $3.49/package  x 1

Organic Kale $3.49/bag  x1

Spinach $1.49/bag  x 1

Cauliflower $0.99/head  x 5

Tomatoes $1.49/lb  x 2

Multi-Peppers $3.49/3 pack bag  x 2

Broccoli $1.49/crown x 4

Lettuce $1.49/head x 3

Green Peppers $1.69/2 pack x 2

Spaghetti Squash $2.99 x1

Pantry Items

Pizza $4.99 x 3

Spaghetti Noodles  $1.45 x 5

Spaghetti Meat Sauce $1.19 x 12

Taco Shells $0.89/box x 12

Macaroni & Cheese $0.33/box x 24

Organic Quinoa $2.99 x 1

Grape Jelly $1.39 x 3

Peanut Butter $2.99 x 3

Mayonnaise $1.89 x 1

Olive Oil Spray $1.49 x 1

Stevia $3.99/bag x 1

Spring Water $0.79/gallon x 8 (This is for washing my hair, and really should have been separate from our grocery budget, in our household budget. But I bought it while at Aldi so oh well for this time!)

Light Canned Tuna $0.65/can x 48

Ranch Dressing $1.29 x 5

Tartar Sauce $1.29 x 2

Ice Cream Cones $1.24 x 1 (Walmart)

Dairy/Refrigerator Items 

Skim Milk $2.16 x 10

Almond Milk $1.99 x 2

Eggs $0.45/dozen x 20

Mozzarella Cheese $5.89/2 lb bag x 2

Cottage Cheese $2.29 x 2

Organic Yogurt $2.99 x 2

Plain Greek Yogurt $3.49 x 2

Butter $1.79 x 2

Wheat Bread $0.50/loaf x 18 (We keep bread in the refrigerator and freezer)

Reeses Cups $1.78/12 pack x 1 (Walmart) Kid’s ice cream party treat! 😀

Blue Bunny Ice Cream $6.97/tub  x 2 (Walmart) Kid’s ice cream party treat! 😀

Sour Cream $4.74/tub x 1 (Walmart)

Meat

Tilapia $5.29/bag  x 1

Ground Beef $11.63/5 lbs x 2

Shrimp $6.99/ring x 1

Italian Sausage Links $6.54/dozen  x 2 (Walmart)

Big Family Meal Plan for Two Weeks

Breakfasts

Fruit

Smoothies

Eggs in a variety of ways

Oatmeal which you don’t see in this haul, but we have several in the pantry. 

Lunches

Dinner leftovers as available

Tuna Salad Sandwiches/Fruit

Egg Salad Sandwiches/Fruit

Large Family Lunch Ideas

Fruit/Veggie Plates We love to set out all the available fruits and veggies and make individual lunch plates full of everyone’s favorites. To do this though we need to have a lunch time at home without having to run out for errands. We have several days during this two weeks that we’ll have to run out around lunch time. On those running days it’ll just be sandwiches and fruit on the go. 

Dinners

All dinners will be served with lots of fresh veggies. I also shove spinach and kale into whatever dishes I possibly can. 

Tacos x2 I plan to make Tacos on Tuesdays. We’ll have enough leftovers to have tacos again on Wednesday. No, we don’t get sick of tacos 🙂 

Italian Sausage & Peppers

Spaghetti here’s a cute old video of how we do homemade spaghetti sauce

Chicken Alfredo/Veggies Slow Cooker Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo recipe

Meatloaf/Veggies Here’s how I do Meatloaf in The Slow Cooker 

Tilapia/Veggies I haven’t filmed this as of yet. Here are several Tilapia in foil packet recipes Baked tilapia and veggie foil packets, Tilapia Foil Packets, and Foil Packet Baked Lemon Tilapia.

Big Weekend Meal: Beans/Cornbread Here’s Jamerrill’s Beans, Rice, and Cornbread Recipe | Large Family Style!

Big Weekend Meal: Ham/Northern Beans Soup Try Basic Ham and Bean Soup, Great Northern Ham & Bean Soup, and White Bean and Ham Soup.

Breakfast for Dinner

Leftover Night(s) Some meals will carry leftovers and some will not. We’ll use them when we have them. 

Pantry Challange Night(s) We have some traveling coming up, and I plan to do some pantry challenges before/after our trip. 

Snacks  

  • Raw Broccoli
  • Raw Cauliflower
  • Pepper Slices (yes, even my about to turn four year old loves to eat an entire green pepper as a snack 🙂 ) 
  • Oranges (LOTS this time!) 
  • Bananas (Hoping to be able to freeze some finally!) 
  • Apples
  • Blackberries
  • Smoothies
  • Cottage Cheese 
  • Hard Boiled Eggs 
  • I like to have banana bread fresh or in the freezer too, but don’t know that I’ll get to it this go round.
  • You can read more large family snack ideas here.

Click here to see all my large family grocery hauls. And here are all of my large family meal plans. 

Two Week BIG FAMILY of 9+ Grocery Shopping Haul (Only $3.17 per person per day!)

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Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan!

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Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan!

Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan!

I finally got it up, friends! Here’s my full Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan on YouTube!

Below you’ll find the entire cost breakdown. My total came in at $200.59 which actually includes the 4th package of chicken I never received (a double-charge). Even still that breaks down to $22.28 per family member for the entire week! If you’re new here, we’re a growing family of nine from 6-foot tall teenage boys down to toddlers plus my 6 foot 6 hubby and my hormonal pregnant self who also homeschools and works from home. This means we have all our meals and snacks at home for the most part. So long story short, that’s a lot of food! 

Fruits/Veggies 

Frozen Strawberries $2.09 X3

Navel Oranges 4lb/$3.49 X2

Cantaloupe $1.49 X2

Blueberries $1.49 X2

Blackberries $1.49 X2

Banana $0.44/lb X 36lbs

Frozen Peaches/Mix Fruit $2.09 X2

Carrots 2 .lb bag/$1.29 X4

Flat Leaf Spinach $1.79 X1

Organic Kale $2.49 X1

Green Onions $0.99 X1

Cauliflower $1.99 X2

Broccoli Crowns $1.99 X2

Mushrooms $1.29 X2

Radishes $0.99 X2

Cabbage $1.29 X1

Roma Tomatoes 16oz $0.79 X2

Zucchini 3 pk/$1.99 X2

Green Peppers $0.89 X2

Garlic $0.99 X1

Cucumbers $0.29 X10

 

Dairy/Meat

Cottage Cheese $2.29 X3

Skim Milk $2.16 X7

Unsweetened Almond Milk $1.99 X1

Heavy Whipping Cream $1.69 X1

Large Eggs $0.23/Dozen X14

Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.49/lb X19lbs (I realized when Jadin transcribed our Aldi receipt for this post that I was charged for FOUR packs of chicken. I only picked out three packs and as  you can see in the video I only came home with three. I’m hoping the manager gives me my 4th pack of chicken next time I go into the store. I’m sure they will 🙂 

Ground Beef $1.79/lb X10lbs

Pantry Items

Olive Oil Spray $1.49 X1

Onion Powder $1.19 X1

Garlic Powder $1.19 X1

Garlic Salt $1.19 X1

Tea Bags $1.89 X2

Grape Jelly $1.49 X2

45oz Veg 0il Spread $1.79 X1

Bread

Sprouted Bread $2.99 X2

Split Top Wheat Bread $0.99 X8 (We go through a lot of bread. For example if we get inspired to make french toast that can quickly be several loaves. Otherwise I like having bread in the freezer. 🙂 ) 

One Week Large Family Meal Plan

Large Family Breakfast

Rotating the following

  • Omelets/Toast
  • Scrambled Eggs/Fruit
  • Fruit/Smoothies
  • Oatmeal/Toast 

Large Family Lunches

There are two main lunch plans for this week. The first plan is to eat up any dinner leftovers from the night before. We’ll also have a “lunch buffet” where we’ll bring out all available fruits and vegetables and quick items so each family member can make their own healthy lunch plate.  

Large Family Lunch Ideas

For our “lunch buffet” we had blueberries, blackberries, oranges, cucumbers, avocado, sliced green pepper, sliced broccoli, cottage cheese, lettuce (left from prior grocery haul), and tuna salad (couple cans of tuna left from prior grocery haul), and ranch to dip as needed. 

 

Large Family Dinners

All dinners served with lots of side veggies 🙂 

Chicken and Brown Rice Bake Recipe ~ Large Family Style!

Slow Cooker Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Recipe – This is always a winner.

Foil Packet Burgers – add cheese, mushrooms, onions, whatever you’d like! Lots of flexibility with this one. 

Slow Cooker Italian Chicken – this also works well with a pork roast. 

Leftover Night – I’m sure we’ll have one!

Large Family Weekend Chili – for the weekend I’ll do a large stock pot full of chili and homemade cornbread. You can see how our weekend chili turned out here. 

Large Family Snacks

Large Family Smoothies

From Instagram, “Large family style smoothie aftermath.”

  • Smoothies We do lots of different smoothies around here. Here’s how I do homemade yogurt in the slow cooker. A few ladies have asked me how we use up a gallon of yogurt at a time. It’s perfect for smoothies! On my recent smoothie day, I didn’t have any made, but we love using it up quickly when we do. 🙂 
  • 30+ lbs of Bananas! Of course, bananas (Laugh at this banana humor!)
  • 8 lbs of Navel Oranges 
  • Cucumber Slices 
  • Hard Boiled Eggs – We’ll boil up a dozen or two just for a quick protein packed snacks. 
  • Broccoli/Cauliflower/Green Peppers – all of which will be sliced and ready to go in the refrigerator. 
  • Cottage Cheese

Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan!

Here’s my full Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan on YouTube!

You might also be interested in my Large Family Grocery Budget from 2015 (need to update this soon because of the stores where I shop have changed, but the actual budget has not). And here’s the free family meal planning collection! 

THANKSGIVING Aldi Large Family Grocery Haul >>> plus FREE Large Family Thanksgiving Meal Plan!

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THANKSGIVING Aldi Large Family Grocery Haul >>> plus FREE Large Family Thanksgiving Meal Plan!

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A few days ago I headed to Aldi for a large family Thanksgiving grocery haul! This was also a two-week grocery haul and included some additional food items we needed such as ground beef, extra bread, oatmeal, etc.

Click here for the full THANKSGIVING Aldi Large Family Grocery Haul!

PLUS, I was going to share our large family Thanksgiving meal plan in an additional video clip. However, real life happened and I wasn’t able to get that filmed. I ended up creating a FREE Large Family Meal Plan for you to download instead! Just text THANKFUL to 44222 and I’ll get that out to you!

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